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The Leadership Jump: Building Partnerships between Existing and Emerging Christian Leaders

The Leadership Jump: Building Partnerships between Existing and Emerging Christian Leaders The Leadership Jump: Building Partnerships between Existing and Emerging Christian Leaders. By Jimmy Long. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009. 205 pages. ISBN: 978-0830833641 Considering that Jimmy Long's Leadership Jump was published in 2009, it reads like a latecomer to the conversation about the emerging culture and its impact on the church. However, a close look at its intent, format and author reveals that it is not so much a latecomer as it is written for newcomers to the issues, specifically for existing leaders who are either in denial about the changes that are happening in the cultural landscape or who see them as threats rather than opportunities. The optimal point of entrance for those leaders to a conversation about change is though an existing leader who understands them and their resistance to change. A regional director of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for more than 25 years, Jimmy Long is that person. As he says in a previous book, Emerging Hope (first published in 1997 under the title Generating Hope: A Strategy for Reaching The Postmodern Generation), "It is ironic that for the last fifteen years I have been involved in bringing about change in ministry, because I do http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Philosophia Reformata Brill

The Leadership Jump: Building Partnerships between Existing and Emerging Christian Leaders

Gulick, Annette L.B.
Philosophia Reformata , Volume 9 (2): 115 – Jan 17, 2010
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© Copyright 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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The Leadership Jump: Building Partnerships between Existing and Emerging Christian Leaders. By Jimmy Long. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009. 205 pages. ISBN: 978-0830833641 Considering that Jimmy Long's Leadership Jump was published in 2009, it reads like a latecomer to the conversation about the emerging culture and its impact on the church. However, a close look at its intent, format and author reveals that it is not so much a latecomer as it is written for newcomers to the issues, specifically for existing leaders who are either in denial about the changes that are happening in the cultural landscape or who see them as threats rather than opportunities. The optimal point of entrance for those leaders to a conversation about change is though an existing leader who understands them and their resistance to change. A regional director of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for more than 25 years, Jimmy Long is that person. As he says in a previous book, Emerging Hope (first published in 1997 under the title Generating Hope: A Strategy for Reaching The Postmodern Generation), "It is ironic that for the last fifteen years I have been involved in bringing about change in ministry, because I do

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